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FFSP Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocate (SAPR VA) Support Specialist
Commander, Navy Installations Command · Posted 1 days ago
On-siteSan Diego, CA$85K – $91KApply by May 28, 2026Social ScienceINFJINFPINTJINTPOperationsTransportation
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The Fleet and Family Support Centers (FFSC) San Diego are looking for the best and brightest to join our team as a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Victim Advocate (VA). The SAPR VA works under the program oversight of an installation Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) for sexual assault cases and is supervised by the Installation Lead SARC.
What You'll Do
- →Victim Advocacy/Support (75%) Serve as a SAPR VA, facilitating care and providing non-clinical support to adult victims of a sexual assault and sexual harassment.
- →Serve on the 24/7 SAPR watch bill, providing 24/7 support for victims' immediate needs.
- →Inform the victim that speaking with the SAPR VA is voluntary.
- →Assess safety concerns, inform victims of available reporting options and resources, encourage self-advocacy, assist with navigating the processes to obtain care and services needed, establish short and long-term goals for sexual assault recovery, and facilitate referrals.
- →Assess the safety of sexual harassment complainants who wish to confer with a victim advocate.
- →Assist victims reporting sexual harassment to address any immediate safety needs, understand their sexual assault reporting options, and identify any behavioral health or other services that may be helpful.
- →Assist victims of sexual harassment in their effort towards the process of recovery, through advocacy and resource information.
- →Serve as an advocate for the expressed interests of victims with all intervening agencies to include law enforcement, medical, and legal.
- →Explain the restricted and unrestricted reporting options available to a victim, including the exceptions and/or limitations for victims' privileges under Military Rules of Evidence 514, and their rights and responsibilities as a victim.
- →Explain all available SAPR services to the victim and conduct a warm hand-off to the equal opportunity office for official reporting of sexual harassment.
- →Safeguard documents in their possession and all information pertaining to victims' sexual harassment, always mindful of the victims' right to confidentiality.
- →Conduct risk assessments of victims to determine their immediate needs, and evaluate safety concerns and levels of risk.
- →Provide crisis intervention in the aftermath of sexual assault and develop and implement an appropriate plan of action based on initial and ongoing risk assessments.
- →Provide a wide range of essential support and advocacy services, liaison services, and care to victims of sexual harassment.
Requirements
- ✓Completion of a four-year degree in behavioral health, social science, or criminal justice AND two years of experience that demonstrates acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral health or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field OR An appropriate combination of education and experience that demonstrates possession of knowledge and skill equivalent to that gained in the above.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 375c8527-78c6-4a20-8e64-e2235dbe5f1d
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